Tetraena coccinea | UAE National Red List of Vascular Plants

Taxa
Tetraena coccinea | (L.) Beier & Thulin
Publication
UAE National Red List of Vascular Plants
Location
Countries in Assessment
United Arab Emirates
Country ISO code(s)
ARE
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Off
Scope (Assessment)
National
Taxon
Taxonomic Group
Plants
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Flowering Plants
Assessed taxon level
Species
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
In the UAE, the species is only known from Liwa (Ramlat al Hamra and Saruq) (Ghazanfar and Osborne 2015). The global distribution of this species ranges from north-east Africa (Ethiopia, Sudan, to eastern Egypt), to the Arabian Peninsula (Yemen, Saudi Arabia, UAE) and southern Israel (Negev, Arava valley) (Ghazanfar and Osborne 2015), and is perhaps also present in Jordan.
Habitats and Ecology
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
No
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
A perennial, low shrub, up to 0.55 m in height, found in sandy and gravel desert, sandy depressions, sandy shores and low coastal dunes (Ghazanfar and Osborne 2015).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not possible
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Data Deficient
Assessment status abreviation
DD
Assessment rationale/justification
In the UAE, the species is only known from two records in the Liwa region. There is no further information available, and there is significant taxonomic uncertainty over this and related taxa. The species is assessed as Data Deficient.
About the assessment
Assessment year
2019
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
UAE National Red List Workshop
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
Government
IGO
Assessor affiliation specific
Government|IGO
Criteria system
Criteria system specifics
IUCN v3.1 + Regional Guidelines v4.0
Criteria system used
IUCN
Criteria Citation
IUCN. 2012. IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1, Second edition. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. iv + 32pp pp. And IUCN. 2012. Guidelines for Application of IUCN Red List Criteria at Regional and National Levels: Version 4.0. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK: IUCN. iii + 41pp.
Endemism
Endemic to region
Not_assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Conservation
Threats listed in assessment
No information available.
Conservation Measures

Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:

Scientific Name Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Tetraena coccinea Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Zygophyllales Zygophyllaceae Tetraena